(Reuters) -
Germany's raucous internal
debate on whether to keep Greece
in the euro zone is too narrowly focused on financial factors and should also
weigh up the wider geopolitical risks of a "Grexit", senior officials
in Chancellor Angela Merkel's party say.
(Reuters) -
The euro zone debt crisis was born in Greece. Nearly three years and two
bailouts on, Europe must decide whether to
give the country yet more help or cut it loose.
BERLIN—The leaders of Germany
and France on Thursday
agreed to speak to Greece
with one voice in meetings with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras this week,
a German government official said.
ATHENS--Greece
is seeking to slash government spending more drastically than previously
announced to compensate for tax revenue that will probably be lost to austerity
economics, a finance ministry official said Tuesday.
AN OLD
friend in the aviation business, with years of experience with Greek clients,
told me a story that serves as a parable for how the country got into its
current state.
ATHENS—Greece's
three coalition partners Wednesday agreed on a basic outline of a plan
regarding €11.5 billion euros ($14.1 billion) of spending cuts to be implemented
over the next two years but have pushed back final decisions on the
belt-tightening measures, pending discussions with international creditors.
MADRID—Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced new austerity measures
Wednesday that should help Madrid
cut its budget deficit by €65 billion ($80 billion) through to 2015, and warned
the euro-zone's fourth-largest economy may not grow at all next year.
This piece
originally appeared in Reuters Magazine.
As Europe’s
leaders struggle to restore confidence in the single currency and America’s economy limps ahead at a painfully
slow pace, China’s
economy continues to power forward at its now characteristically strong clip.
IN RECENT
years China’s
leaders have become increasingly concerned that the public’s awareness of the
growing wealth gap could lead to social instability.
BRUSSELS—European leaders embark on talks
here Thursday over steps they hope will begin to lift doubts about the survival
of the euro, amid skepticism in financial markets that they can achieve a
breakthrough to stem the debt and banking crises.
(Σημ. του blog. Είναι ενδεικτική η απόφαση που
πάρθηκε εσωτερικά, από το πειθαρχικό συμβούλιο το οποίο αποτελούνταν από άτομα
από το άμεσο επαγγελματικό περιβάλλον της παιδιάτρου και διευθύντριας της
παιδιατρικής κλινικής: Αθώα! Χορήγησε 10καπλάσια δόση σε επτάχρονο με
αποτέλεσμα τον θάνατό του, αλλά σύμφωνα με του συναδέλφους της είναι
επαρκέστατη στα καθήκοντά της και μπορεί να συνεχίσει να χορηγεί αγωγές και σε
άλλα παιδιά. Τελικά (12 χρόνια μετά) παύθηκε οριστικά από τα καθήκοντά της με
απόφαση του Συμβουλίου της Επικρατείας. Οι επαγγελματικές ομάδες προστατεύουν
τα μέλη τους αδιαφορώντας για τους νόμους την κοινωνία και το Δημόσιο Συμφέρον.
Αυτό το σάπιο κατεστημένο είναι και σήμερα στην εξουσία ανέγγιχτο πρακτικά.)
By Jonathan
Stearns - Jun 18, 2012 8:48 AM GMT+0300
Bloomberg
Greece’s two traditional political rivals
are in a race to forge an unprecedented coalition as the state’s cash dwindles,
bank deposits flee and Europe demands renewed
austerity pledges before releasing more emergency aid.
ATHENS
— No matter what happens in this weekend’s elections, Greece is rapidly becoming an
isolated economy.
The New York Times
Carrefour,
the giant French supermarket and retail group, said on Friday that it was selling
its entire stake in Greece
at a loss to its local franchise partner, so it could concentrate “on markets
where it sees growth,” a spokesman said.
Στην εξαίρεση του τομέα υγείας του Ενιαίου Ταμείου
Ανεξάρτητα Απασχολούμενων (ΕΤΑΑ δικηγόροι, μηχανικοί, κ.α.) από τον Ενιαίο
Οργανισμό Παροχής Υπηρεσιών Υγείας (ΕΟΠΥΥ), προχώρησε με την υπ' αρ.
Φ.80000/οικ. 12517/1483/1-6-2012 απόφασή του, ο υπηρεσιακός υπουργός Εργασίας
και Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης Αντώνης Ρουπακιώτης.